PROJECT MUTINY!

[hendry]

The 7th May sees an opportunity for us drivers to show the goverment waht it thinks of congestion charging, parking taxes when we take public transport and the refusal of Blair to acknowledge the 1,000,000 signatures against road pricing.

Listed on the thread below is all the local councils that will be running elections on 7 May where there is currently a Labour seat or no overall control.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=354762&f=23&h=0

I would like to suggest we move in on those seats in the Thames Valley and fill the streets with disgruntled motorists on the 6th May to show the electoral register and Labour scum what the drivers of the land think them taking away or hard earned reddies, right to privacy and overall liberty!!

From what I can see, we should all pile into Reading on the morning concerned, causing maximum disruption and handing out material highlighting the plight of drivers, with details of how we can ALL take action against such persecution.

Of you can't do Reading then the following are all under NOC:

Basingstoke & Deane
Slough
Woking

I would be interested to see what sort of support others here would like to offer.

[Hendry]

Witchfinder said:

Word of warning. Plod read this forum, as do many others. What gets discussed here must be non-specific and the protest must use legitimate means. I suggest a private group or forum, off Pistonheads.com, for any discussion of direct action.

Additionally, stopping voters getting to polling stations may be counterproductive. We want Labour out, not retaining control!

Edited by Witchfinder on Saturday 10th February 17:24

Agreed. Hence my suggestion that any action occurs on 6th May. And I fully support legitimate means of showing disapproval of the way the current government is coducting itself. My immediate thought was descending on Reading on the above date, fully bannered up so our feelings were made apparent to all - nothing illegal about driving your car into Reading (yet).

So we shouldn't care if plod reads this or not. In fact, if the protest had support then I would envisage making the BiB aware of our intentions so they can ensure public safety.

:-)

So who else is in? I can't do this alone and make an impact.

By the way, thoughts on all cars carrying the following...?

Edited by Hendry on Sunday 11th February 15:23

[hendry]

Well the feeling on GG is that what hit home hardest is taking a long convoy into major towns and cities (preferable Red, like Reading) along B roads that will not be highly priced should such a scheme succeed. This would highlight to all what would most likely be the reality should it all succeed - those who have to drive just rat run throught the back roads to get to where they HAVE TO GO (work normally).

So if we follow suit, who knows a suitable route into Reading using B roads only? What is the route from Henley through to Caversham? That would nobble Caversham bridge.

[hendry]

graham@edinburgh said:

Sorry but in my opinion this is totally misguided. Anything that disrupts others' lives is going to be viewed negatively, irrespective of the reasons behind it.

You run the risk of alienating precisely those people you're wanting to educate or influence.

People are inherently selfish. Doesn't matter if you're campaigning against child molestors getting light sentences, or something equally as "obvious" - hold up people on their way to work, the pub, polling stations, whatever and you WILL piss them off and they won't care why you're doing it.

Edited by graham@edinburgh on Monday 12th February 01:47

See my previous note about prior publicity - and I like the fact that such a convoy would be showing the public what life would be like if Labour pressed ahead and taxed major roads: be inconvenienced for a day now and act, or don't and live life like that every day.

All the same, the point is to get public support to boot Labour's ass, so what is your alternative suggestion then that would achieve that aim and be better received?

[hendry]

I have had anotther flash of inspiration...

It is well documented that the young no longer vote. What do young people like? Fast cars!

How about those who care make their time and cars available to cart some young people off to the polling stations in the hope (ahem!) that they vote against Labour? We have the jounry to convince them that Labour wants everyone with a nice car bankrupted - act now yoof before they nobble you too!